Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The center of leather craft in Pucung, Yogyakarta.

Pucung is small village located at the southeast of
Yogyakarta, approximately 30 minute travelling from the Yogyakarta city center.
It is near the Imogiri hill, the location of the Royal family of Yogyakarta kingdom’s
tomb. The Pucung village is well-known
as the center ofthe leather handicraft.
In this village there are many artisan and leather craftsmen’s that are produce
and work to make leather craft products. The people in here hereditary have
high skill to carve and paint the leather to make any kind of leather craft
products.

Wayang, the Javanese leather puppets is
still the most favorite leather products in this area. The wayang kulit (leather
puppet) show that is still favored by the many Javanese peoples makes the
demand to the puppet. Beside to be used as the puppet for the wayang show, the
wayang puppets are liked by many people to decorate their house. The wayang puppet
or wayang portraits that picturing the special figures at the puppet story are
hang at the wall as room decoration.

Many leather craft products such as: painting, wall
decoration, calligraphy, or souvenirs are also available in many leather workshops
in here. Actually the leather craft
products are also available in many stores or gallery in the Yogyakarta city. If
you're traveling in Yogyakarta, and you don’t have enough time then you can
find these products in stores or gallery in downtown of Yogyakarta. But if you
specially look for the leather craft product, then you better to spend time to visit
this area. In this area you will get more variety products with better price. The
leather craftsmen in this area are also available to produce the handicraft
with special orders.

Then if you visit Yogyakarta especially
when you look for some special things don’t miss to visit Pucung, Wukirharjo,
Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta. You can visit the village for sightseeing ant once time to find many special leather craft product with cheap price. There are many leather
craft products that can be paid and brought ass special souvenir and gift. Or you can order the craft products with special model and looked.